Legume pot

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 150 g white beans
• 150 g peas, green, dried
• 175 g lentils, red, dried or other
• 175 g dried chickpeas
• 150 g kidney beans, dried, or 1 can with chili, as chili beans
• 2 cans tomatoes, chopped
• e.g. tomato paste from the tube
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 large onion(s)
• 3 potatoes
• e.g. soup vegetables (2 carrots, 1 slice of celery, ½ kohlrabi)
• e.g. instant vegetable broth
• e.g. salt and pepper
• marjoram
• Thyme
• savory
• turmeric
• cumin
• chili powder
• 1 dash of oil, neutral oil, for frying the onions
• 3 dashes balsamic vinegar, light
• 1 pinch(s) of sugar
• some flour for a sweat, not necessary
• some parsley and/or chervil for decoration, or the kohlrabi leaves, finely chopped
• 500 g soup meat or ribs or beef, or any other
• 3 Bockwurst, can also be beef Bockwurst

Instructions

Working time approx. 40 minutes; Rest period approx. 1 day; Cooking/baking time approx. 2 hours; Total time approx. 1 day 2 hours 40 minutes

vegan version and for flexitarians

Wash the pulses the day before and soak them in a pot with three times the amount of water. The next day, cook them without salt until tender. This is essential; if you add salt, they won’t soften! The lentils don’t need to be soaked, unless you’re using a different type of lentil. In another pot, cook the cleaned and chopped soup vegetables and the chopped potatoes in water with the instant vegetable stock. If desired, you can lightly fry the vegetables with the onions beforehand and toast a little flour, if desired. Once everything is tender, mix everything in a pot and add all the spices and the chopped garlic cloves, as well as the chopped tomatoes and tomato paste, if desired. Simmer on low heat for 10-15 minutes. Season to taste with the vinegar and a pinch of sugar. Then bring everything back to a boil, serve, and garnish with parsley, chervil, and/or kohlrabi leaves. If soaking is too much work for you, you can also make the soup with the canned legumes. This soup is vegan! For meat eaters, boil the soup meat or ribs until tender before adding the soup vegetables and legumes. You can add thyme, savory, and marjoram to the meat, along with the granulated vegetable stock. You can also add finely chopped frankfurters to the soup.